Have nutrition, weight loss, or fitness goals? There's an App for that. Or is there?

Have nutrition, weight loss, or fitness goals? There's an App for that. Or is there?

These days there’s an app for just about everything you need and nutrition is included. But how effective are nutrition apps in getting you where you want to go? Can they take the place of an individualized nutrition approach?

Energy Needs

Apps:

– track what you eat and how much you exercise

– compare your energy balance to an amount that is budgeted for you

– create a budgeted amount of calories for you based only on height and weight

NutriFormance RDs:

– Test your individual needs based with Resting Metabolism, body type and composition, genetics, how active you are, and if you have any other health concerns

– make necessary adjustments as you make progress and your needs change

Goal Setting & Nutrition Plans

Apps:

– created to fit the needs of a standard population and general nutrition guidelines

NutriFormance RDs:

– create an individualized nutrition plan based on where you like to grocery shop and eat out.

– set individual goals based on what you want to achieve, whether it is losing weight, improving performance or training for an event…. or can combine all three.

Timing & Nutrition Content

Apps:

– do not consider timing of eating which impacts exercise and weight loss